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son OF ordinary practical sense and Obser-
walton, and as such, you would not volun-
tarily expose your tauntS to any portion,
even though it be but a minority of your
readers. Your primary and all overweight.
ing question in your d0ings ought therefore
70 DO ''what will people say of ne.0 Next,
you ought to have paid attention to this,
that whenever anything like censure Of
persons or facts is brought to public notice,
there are always found som who have a
ready made invariable formula, upon which
to found Their decision. They FIRST ask, or
guess, who is the writer, and thensthey
supply tue motive, envy, malice, or any
thing else, according to the circum stances.
This is far more convenient than to- ex-
anime, whether the facts brought forward
are true o. not, or whether the conclusions
drawn from the facts are sound or faulty.
There are others, easy going, gOod-natured
souls, who cannot understand, why people
will mtddI6 with things that do not con.
Germ them, instead Of leaving public oaeS-
ti0ns to those whose business it is, to deal
with them. It is quite natural for such a
one to say, "Why, | don't see anything
worth complaining of, [ know I bave to
pay a certain yearly amount for my medi.
cal attendance, as | have to pay my month
~ butchers bill, I never sign petitions or
complaints; why not let things rest as
they are, and be lone with it This. how.
ever, is your business. If you do nos
mind it, it's all weIl.H
To pass on to your, in my opinion. i'm.
pertinent queries, although l cannot agree
with those, who consider public matters. as
the exclusive province Of public men. on
this pHItiruIar question, it appears to me,
as It y0u have too much lost sight Of the
fact, Ut which you cannot BE- ignorant. that
there exists here, Il salaried, and | believe,
sworn public official, the LandubySicuS. to
whose care, matters concerning the gpner-
al health Of The inhabitants are specially
entrusted. Now you cannot mean to say
thar II such a grave and alarming evil, as
the want OF an insuring number Of medical
practitioners existed, in other words. if
th re We're real grounds of danger TO the
health of the inhabitants generally. this
functiOnary would not long ago. without
waiting for your intrusive petition Il sup
pose you are one of the signerS) have made
IA report on the subject to the Superior Au.
thoritIes. And don't you think, that he.
being one OF the two physicians, of WHOSE
panclty You complain QOr in spite of your
COUGHING 1t IN the shape of a question, YOU
cannot deny that NOur real naming il a
N""itH'''D 10 ON'OVl Au6IIutu IMAM anyone
else to judge, whethet it il necessary. mr.
most conducive to the interests of ali con.
crrned, that u third practitioner should ba
added to the number 7
Next, you seem to forget, of whom Won
are speaking: not Of base tradesmen. or
mechanics, o~rSor,lid m0uey-lendprs. usurerA.
or exchange brokers, whose motives and
impulses, are limited 10 filthy lucrp. but of
members of that profession, which in its
purity, is more than any, deserving Of be.
ing called a liberal, | would add, the most
humlne and eIevatiug, profession, and who
as Such1 are not Only expected to exercise
their profession in a liberal and humane
spirit, but have also Il right to be dealt
with in spirit ofliberality. But would Won
call that, &C ing in II spirit of liberality.
when you apply to that profession the epi.
tibet "monopnly"i | almost wonder you
do not Z , further and speak of avarici0us
ness. extortion, mammon, all absorbing
thirst for money, worShipping the golden
calf, The almighty dollar, and other hack
neyed invidiouS phrases of the same kind.
Such Il thing as monopoly would carry
with t results Of an awful character. A
person N ght be heartlesSIy and cruelty
denied the alienation from excruciating
pain beSOnght for, because he, or she,
neither Is entered on the official list of
plupers, nor can, by begging or borrow.
ing, procure a dollar, or whatever the price
may be, for admission 10 the sacred domain